The High-Level Meeting in Dakar will follow up and consolidate discussions and recommendations of the first High-Level Meeting held in November 2012 in Cape Town. This meeting will be by invitation only and will bring together policy-makers, product development partners and representatives of industry, non-governmental organisations and the research community.

Seventh EDCTP Forum dates moved one day to 21-24 October 2013
To accommodate the High-Level Meeting which will involve senior officials of African and European governments, as well as other parties, the Seventh EDCTP Forum will start one day later than was originally communicated. The conference will be held at the same venue from 21 to 24 October 2013.

The theme for this Forum is: The Partnership journey: New horizon for better health. This theme takes into account the entire EDCTP journey from its inception to the present, connecting the peaks and valleys experiences, and aspirations for a new horizon: the future of EDCTP.

The Forum programme will include speakers from the scientific, policy, ethics and regulatory as well as political fields. The focus will be on advances in research, capacity development, networking and agenda setting for clinical research on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Priority will be given to EDCTP-funded projects to share their results.

More information about the Seventh EDCTP Forum is available at www.edctpforum.org.